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Lynne Truss was interested in grammatical change over time She has a Prescriptivist- zero tolerance approach to punctuation errors Prescriptivism is an attitude to language use that makes judgements about what is right or wrong, and holds language up to an ideal standard that should be maintained.…read more

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Language change over time She blames modern education and people's ignorance for the lack of correct grammar Until 1960 punctuation was taught routinely in British schools For over a quarter of a century, punctuation and English grammar were not taught in the majority of schools Now, the national curriculum ensures that by the age of 8, a child will understand how to use a comma Without the proper use of punctuation, our language will fall apart…read more

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Eats, shoots and leaves Her book Eats, shoots and leaves (2003) focuses on how to use punctuation correctly The title is a joke in which a panda goes into a bar, asks for a ham sandwich, eats it and then takes out a revolver and fires it into the air. When the bar man asks him what he is doing, he throws a book and growls: 'This is a badly punctuated wildlife manual. Look me up.' The barman flicks through the book and reads: 'PANDA. Large, black-and- white, bear-like mammal native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'…read more

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A woman, without her man, is nothing A woman: without her, man is nothing…read more